Good-bye Dial-Up

Welcome to the very first post of "My Turquoise Kettle Life".  This blog has been set up for a little while, just waiting for the day that I had high speed internet installed.  Today is that day!

Last week we rented a country house in the Eastern Townships of Quebec (Canada).   It was a vacation intended to allow us to escape our day to day routines and for me to paint and write.  The setting was gorgeous, the house was perfect and except for a brief excursion into the village for groceries, I never saw another person the entire week.  In short it was perfect!

Perhaps the best part was getting up early, tucking my pyjamas into my rubber boots and heading out with our dogs, Zack and Grace, for a long walk through the woods.  I felt like a little girl again.  There were so many ponds, paths, brooks and streams to discover, it was a virtual feast for my eyes and for the dogs' noses.

Small stream at sunrise

The first couple of mornings were still quite chilly, but I hadn't expected to find snow...

New shoots

It was delightful to return to the warmth of the country house on those mornings inspired by mother nature's beauty, ready to embrace another day of creativity and simple living. 

More from the Eastern Townships in my next post.

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